to exchange; to replace; to shift personnel; to replace one person with another
song; singing; classical Japanese poem (esp. tanka); modern poetry
drumming (noise); beating; rapidly; quickly; continuously; one after the other
to go; to move (towards); to move through; to travel across; to go (well, badly, etc.); to proceed; to do (in a particular way)
type; style; mold; mould; kata (set sequence of positions and movements in martial arts); style (in kabuki, noh, etc.); convention
industry; (arch.) livelihood; (arch.) occupation
industrialization; industrialisation
moving forward (e.g. of a vehicle); onward movement; progress (of work, activities, etc.); advance; progression (of a disease, global warming, etc.); progression (e.g. chord progression)
a little; a bit; just a minute; for a moment; somewhat; rather; (not) easily
dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...; wow
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
to start; to begin; to start up (a business, society, etc.); to open (e.g. a store); to start ...; to begin to ...
to meet (by chance); to come across; to meet (e.g. of rivers, highways, etc.); to emerge and engage (an enemy)
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
devastating; gut-wrenching; shocking; startling; sensational; astounding
to flip; to snap; to repel; to use (an abacus); to calculate; to strum
Bach (German composer, 1685-1750)
before; prior to; ago; the past; before; previously
criticism; critique; review; comment; critical essay
liking; being fond of; liking (romantically); being in love with; faddism; eccentricity
for example; for instance; e.g.
Yoshida Hidekazu (1913.9-)
Mr; Mrs; Miss; politeness marker
smooth (of a surface); glassy; smooth (of an action, proceedings, etc.); fluent (speech); continuously differentiable
literary style; form of (written) language (e.g. classical, modern)
to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)
although; despite; whereas; while; if only; I wish
through; throughout; through (the good offices of); by way of
a little; a bit; a little while; a short time; a little way; a short distance
then; well; so; well then
as a test; as an experiment; by way of experiment; by way of trial; tentatively
Shibuya, a special ward in Tokyo
to buy; to purchase; to value (highly); to think highly of; to incur (someone's anger, displeasure, etc.); to elicit (e.g. sneers)
legend; folklore; tradition
debut; doing something for the first time; starting anew; starting afresh
board (in shogi, go, chess, etc.); (phonograph) record; disc; board; panel
actually; really; truly; in practice; practically
to pile up; to stack; to load (car, ship, etc.); to pack; to acquire; to accumulate
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire